MODULAR CELL ELEVATOR FOR CONTAINER SHIP

摘要

A modular cell elevator for transferring two laterally-adjacent containers through a container cell opening of a ship and into or out of first and second container cells below the elevator includes a frame removably mountable to the ship. The frame includes an opening sufficiently large to simultaneously pass the two containers therethrough. A trolley is movably mountable on the frame between a first position for raising or lowering one of two containers from the first container cell and a second position for raising or lowering the other of the two containers from the second container cell. At least one hoist is mounted to the trolley and releasably engageable with each of the containers to transfer each container through the opening of the frame between a first position proximal and above the first and second openings of the frame and a second location below the first and second openings of the frame.